GE6 - MINI TEST 2
verbs in brackets.
2 Join the sentences using the conjunction. Use one verb in
the Past Perfect.
1 I can’t drive. I lost the car keys.
BECAUSE
I couldn’t drive because I had lost the car keys.
2 He cried. She told him her secret.
AFTER
________________________________________
3 She worked hard. She felt nervous about her exams.
ALTHOUGH
________________________________________
4 I said the words. I knew I made a mistake.
AS SOON AS
________________________________________
5 We just got to the station. The train arrived.
WHEN
________________________________________
6 Everyone said the book was awful. Nobody actually read
it.
BUT
________________________________________
7 They already ate pizza. They weren’t hungry at dinner
time.
SO
________________________________________
8 She fainted. I didn’t realize she was so ill.
UNTIL
________________________________________
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3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
1 All the arrangements for the party were made last week.
(make)
2 Many engineers _________ to work on this project in
2015. (employ)
3 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation _________ in
1994. (found)
4 Five calls _________ to your landline yesterday. (make)
5 Engineers _________ this luxury hotel last month.
(complete)
6 People _________ a lot of iPhones last year. (buy)
7 Has your house _________ recently? (decorate)
8 Employees _________ about the new arrangements
tomorrow. (tell)
9 Do you _________ (throw) away or recycle your plastic
and paper?
10 Two hundred copies of the Gutenberg Bible _________
(print) in 1455.
11 Complaints _________ (receive) by Google about the
blog so they have taken it down.
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4 Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it.
1 I refused to talking about my childhood.
I refused to talk about my childhood.
2 We didn’t find the money because the thief had hid it so
well.
_________________________________
3 Were you seeing the suspect’s face before he ran away?
_________________________________
4 You didn’t tell me that you eat supper already.
_________________________________
5 As soon as I was hearing the cry, I ran to find help.
_________________________________
6 What did you doing last night when I met you?
_________________________________
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5 Choose the correct options. virus laptop waves man news

2 I’m tired because I ______ to bed last night.
a had gone
business
b didn’t go
c went computer
3 She was jealous because he ______ to another woman all
evening. phone
a had talked
radio
b hadn’t talked
c has talked
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4 What ______ at five o’clock yesterday morning?
a did she
b she had done
7 Choose the correct options.
c was she doing
Once while a lion (1) was sleeping / slept a little mouse
5 ______ a nice time at the concert?
began (2) run / running up and down his back. This soon (3)
a Did you have woke / was waking the lion, who (4) put / was putting his
b Were you have huge paw on the mouse and (5) opened / had opened his big
c You hadn’t mouth to swallow him. ‘Pardon, O King,’ cried the little
6 We got to the stadium after the football match ______ . mouse. ‘Forgive me this time and who knows how I might
a started help you in return?’ The lion (6) was having to / had to laugh
b had started at the thought of the mouse helping him. But he (7) had
c was starting lifted / lifted his paw and let the mouse go. Some time after,
some hunters (8) had caught / were catching the lion in a
7 Were you ______ when the doorbell rang?
trap, and the men, who (9) were wanting / wanted to take the
a sleeping
lion to the king, (10) were tying / had tied him to a tree.
b slept
Then they (11) looked / were looking for a cart to carry him
c sleep on. Just then the little mouse (12) passed / had passed by and
8 The police searched for the villain, but he ______ . (13) saw / had seen the lion. He soon (14) bit / was biting
a had disappeared through the ropes that tied the lion. (15) ‘Wasn’t I / Hadn’t I
b disappearing been right?’ said the little mouse.
c was disappearing
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9 I was terrified when I ______ the wolf in the moonlight.
a was seeing
b had seen 8 Choose the correct options.
c saw 1 Have you done / made the shopping yet?
10 Which novel was he ______ when he died so suddenly? 2 She made / did a lot of money when the company was
a writing sold.
b wrote 3 Will you do / send me a postcard while you’re away?
c written 4 I’ve played / taken the piano since I was eight years old.
11 We were wandering for hours in the forest before we 5 She’s going to make / start a complaint about the terrible
______ at the village. service here.
a arrive 6 No notes were taken / done during the meeting today.
b were arriving 7 We’re hungry! Is dinner going to take / start a long time?
c arrived
8 Was a lot of research done / made before the discovery of
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DNA?
9 My father didn’t make / start a business until he was in
6 Complete the table with the words in the box.
his fifties.
10 I usually take / do a size 39. What shoe size are you?
card program call number programme deal
11 I haven’t done / started yoga for long – about six months.
9 Complete the sentences with so many, such, such a or so.
1 It was very busy in town today. There were so many
people there!
2 Her behaviour was really terrible. I was _______ upset!
3 Shakespeare has _______ good characters in his plays!
4 We had _______ bad weather on holiday. We were
11 Choose the correct options.
_______ unlucky!
1 ‘Do you miss your friends?’ ‘Yes – I feel pretty nervous /
5 I didn’t know you had _______ well-known author in the homesick .’
family.
2 ‘Are you pleased about the baby?’ ‘I’m absolutely upset /
6 That was _______ good meal. It was delicious! delighted!’
7 I visited Prupti at the weekend. She was _______ 3 She was very stressed / jealous because she had so much
surprised to see me! work to do.

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10 Match the adjectives to the definitions.
1 anxious or worried about something
2 really pleased
4 Is your little girl upset / scared of monsters?
5 I spent a lot of homesick / lonely nights at home watching
TV before I met you!
6 Why are you so delighted / jealous? You know how much
I love you.
b . 7 ‘What’s the matter?’ ‘I’m upset / disappointed because I
___ heard that man say something rude about me.’

3 not enjoying being on your own ___ 8 I’m amazed / upset I got such a good score on the test!

4 angry/unhappy because someone you love is ___ 9 ‘Are you homesick / nervous about the new job?’ ‘A little
interested in someone else bit.’

5 too anxious or tired to be able to relax ___ 1 point for each correct answer 8
6 very surprised ___
7 feeling unhappy or annoyed about something ___
8 frightened ___
9 missing the places and people you know well ___

a stressed
b nervous
c scared
d upset
e jealous
f homesick
g delighted
h amazed
i lonely

1 point for each correct answer 8

1 point for each correct answer 10

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